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I've got to admit there is nowhere else on the rather unpleasant drive from Canberra to Sydney that I would stop - the pies are great, and even though it has lost a lot of the country charm that its old centre of town (and significantly smaller) location had, the upsizing and move to a highway stop-off isn't pretending to be something else. That said, whoever thought that beeping table sensors were a good idea in a bakery killed whatever minuscule traces of 'old world' charm/ambience that were left in the pieces of timber strung up on the freshly plastered concrete walls.
Anyway, it's a cof...
For the past two years I have taken to scheduling driving breaks at the Bakery of Goulburn: the coffee here would be acceptable compared to most urban cafes, but compared to your average highway-fare it's sensational.
This weekend I bought two lattes, one on the way there and one on the way home. Both showed reasonable crema and reasonable milk texture (a bit frothy). While the first latte was tepid, and the second a little too hot, both were entirely drinkable.
Being a bakery, there's plenty of food options to interest most of the family, and in winter the open fireplace adds to the amb...
A friend suggested to me that this place had the best coffee on the Hume Highway between Sydney and Canberra. But that's not saying a lot is it?
It's worth taking the southern-most Goulburn exit off the Hume Highway to try this cafe. Allpress Espresso beans. Spacious indoor and outdoor dining areas. Excellent range of sweet and savoury treats freshly-baked on-site.
The coffee itself was a bit of a let-down. My heart skipped a beat when I saw the Allpress cups sitting atop the gorgeous La Marzocco FB70 machine. I prepared myself for a pleasant suprise. But, after the staff member screame...
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Currently we don't have another cafe near The Bakery of Goulburn. Why don't you suggest one?